he International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications (ISBRA) provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and results among researchers, developers, and practitioners working on all aspects of bioinformatics and computational biology and their applications. Submissions presenting original research are solicited in all areas of bioinformatics and computational biology, including the development of experimental or commercial systems. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Biomedical databases and data integration
Biomolecular imaging
Bio-ontologies
Comparative genomics and phylogenomics
Computational genetic epidemiology
Computational proteomics
Data mining and visualization
Gene expression analysis
Genome analysis
High-performance bio-computing
High-throughput sequencing data analysis
Molecular evolution
Molecular modeling and simulation
Pattern discovery and classification
Population genetics
Software tools and applications
Structural biology
Systems biology

The extended abstract deadline is past. We now seek short abstracts of up to 4 pages. Submissions must be made electronically by following the instructions at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isbra2013. Submission implies willingness of at least one author to register and present at the symposium.

Accepted short abstracts will be distributed electronically and selected for either oral or poster presentation at the symposium. The authors of selected short abstracts will be invited to submit full versions to a peer-reviewed supplement to be published after the symposium by BMC Bioinformatics. Per current BMC policies, full versions of extended abstracts published in LNBI are not eligible for publication in the BMC supplement